Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields
Ten-hut! Listen up new recruits! It's time to suit up, ship out, and start your self-publishing mission.

Maneuvering the minefield of self-publishing can be overwhelming. Getting the information you need is far from simple. Is hiring a cover designer worth it? Which trim size to choose?
Award-winning author Lewis Kempfer's journey through self-publishing was just that—a battlefield. The process was confusing and tedious, and the books that claimed to "teach" the self-publishing process were vague and as dry as yesterday's chicken in the mess hall. Once he won the self-publishing war, he knew he could develop a better way to show authors the process. Hence, the book began to write itself. Written in the motivational style only a fictitious drill instructor can deliver, "Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields" is an overview for new authors who want to get their books into readers' hands. It won't be easy, but you can do it with this old staff sergeant's instructions — and they won't bore the camo pants off you. Offering an aerial view of the self-publishing process, the sergeant covers the following topics:
- Industry guidelines
- Grammar brush-up
- Self-publishing companies
- Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
- Copyrights and proper use of others' material Hiring an editor
- Hiring an interior book designer
- Websites
- Distribution
- Marketing ideas
Work smart, not hard, with "Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields," a quick read that takes your book from manuscript to shelves.
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Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields
Ten-hut! Listen up new recruits! It's time to suit up, ship out, and start your self-publishing mission.

Maneuvering the minefield of self-publishing can be overwhelming. Getting the information you need is far from simple. Is hiring a cover designer worth it? Which trim size to choose?
Award-winning author Lewis Kempfer's journey through self-publishing was just that—a battlefield. The process was confusing and tedious, and the books that claimed to "teach" the self-publishing process were vague and as dry as yesterday's chicken in the mess hall. Once he won the self-publishing war, he knew he could develop a better way to show authors the process. Hence, the book began to write itself. Written in the motivational style only a fictitious drill instructor can deliver, "Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields" is an overview for new authors who want to get their books into readers' hands. It won't be easy, but you can do it with this old staff sergeant's instructions — and they won't bore the camo pants off you. Offering an aerial view of the self-publishing process, the sergeant covers the following topics:
- Industry guidelines
- Grammar brush-up
- Self-publishing companies
- Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
- Copyrights and proper use of others' material Hiring an editor
- Hiring an interior book designer
- Websites
- Distribution
- Marketing ideas
Work smart, not hard, with "Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields," a quick read that takes your book from manuscript to shelves.
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Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields

Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields

by Lewis Kempfer
Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields

Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields

by Lewis Kempfer

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Overview

Ten-hut! Listen up new recruits! It's time to suit up, ship out, and start your self-publishing mission.

Maneuvering the minefield of self-publishing can be overwhelming. Getting the information you need is far from simple. Is hiring a cover designer worth it? Which trim size to choose?
Award-winning author Lewis Kempfer's journey through self-publishing was just that—a battlefield. The process was confusing and tedious, and the books that claimed to "teach" the self-publishing process were vague and as dry as yesterday's chicken in the mess hall. Once he won the self-publishing war, he knew he could develop a better way to show authors the process. Hence, the book began to write itself. Written in the motivational style only a fictitious drill instructor can deliver, "Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields" is an overview for new authors who want to get their books into readers' hands. It won't be easy, but you can do it with this old staff sergeant's instructions — and they won't bore the camo pants off you. Offering an aerial view of the self-publishing process, the sergeant covers the following topics:
- Industry guidelines
- Grammar brush-up
- Self-publishing companies
- Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
- Copyrights and proper use of others' material Hiring an editor
- Hiring an interior book designer
- Websites
- Distribution
- Marketing ideas
Work smart, not hard, with "Basic Training for the Self-Publishing Battlefields," a quick read that takes your book from manuscript to shelves.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940160955483
Publisher: Lewis Kempfer - Vecta Books
Publication date: 07/28/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Lewis Kempfer is an award-winning author and entertainment arts jack-of-all trades from Denver. He co-founded the Boiler Room Theatre in Nashville in 2000, where his design work eventually landed him a dream job with the Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles. His 2019 literary debut of “Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Having a Bad Life: A Memoir” earned seven awards, including First Place for LGBTQ Biographies in the 2022 BookFest Awards and the 2021 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Award for LGBTQ.


His follow-up hybrid memoir/historical account of his theater, “120 Seats in a Boiler Room: The Creation of a Courageous Professional Theater,” which was published in 2022 has to-date won six awards including a 2023 Gold Medalist Category Award from eLit Book Awards and two silver-medal awards from The BookFest’s Spring 2023 competition for which his book cover appeared in a winners’ video montage on the NASDAQ screen in Times Square in New York City. He is currently working on his first novel, a psychological thriller.
You can find Lewis’ books on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

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